230 New or rare Plants of the State of New York. 
phylla, of Goldie, is the original Orchis orhiculata, although 
the question can only be positively decided by referring to 
Pursh's herbarium. The specific character of Pursh applies 
minutely to this plant, if we except the expression petalis 3 
superioribm conniventihus ; but he may have drawn his descrip- 
tion from very young specimens, in which the perianth had 
not fully expanded ; or, which is not improbable, he may have 
seen and confounded the two plants. The phrase, lahello 
lineari integerrimo obtusiusculo, in no respect applies to H. 
orhiculata of Goldie and Hooker, in which the lip is lanceo- 
late and very acute. The lower sepals in our plant are very 
oblique, as noted by Pursh; in that of Goldie and Hooker they 
are slightly so. Our plant has the scape 12 to 15 inches or 
more in height, and the leaves entirely prostrate, as described 
by Pursh ; in that of Goldie and Hooker, the scape is seldom 
a foot in height, and the leaves are suberect. To this may be 
added the habitat, " on the mo7mtains of Pennsylvania and Vir- 
ginia, July — Angiist ;''^ a region in which the H. orhiculata of 
Goldie and Hooker has not, as far as I am aware, been de- 
tected. If this view proves correct, the specific name of Pursh 
must be restored to the larger species. For the H. orhiculata of 
Goldie, &c. Dr. Torrey has proposed the name H. Hookeriana , 
in honour of Wm. Jackson Hooker, LL.D. whose name is 
identified with North American botany, by his splendid Flora 
Boreali- American a, and other publications on the plants of this 
country. 
22. H. ciLiARis, R. Brown in Hort. Kew. Orchis ciliaris, 
Willd. Sp. PL IV. p. 8. Ontario county, Dr. Sartwell. 
Flowers bright golden yellow. 
23. H. BLEPHARiGLOTTis, Hook. Exot. Fl. 87 . Orchis 
blephariglottis, Willd. Sp. PI. IV. p. 9. Watertown, Jeffer- 
son county ; Utica, Oneida county. Flowers pure white. 
This species and the preceding grow in similar situations 
